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Courts
Kirkland Wants To Escape Suit Over Ex-Judge's RelationshipBy Ryan Boysen
Kirkland & Ellis LLP wants to bring down the hammer on a racketeering lawsuit claiming the firm "conspired" to profit from a Texas bankruptcy judge's secret romance scandal, saying the "flimsy" suit should be dismissed, and both the plaintiff and his attorneys at Bandas Law Firm PC should be sanctioned for filing it.
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In-House
AmEx CLO Saw Smaller Comp In '23 As Stock Award DippedBy Sue Reisinger
American Express Co. paid its veteran chief legal officer $10.7 million in total compensation last year, a $4 million drop from 2022, according to a securities filing.
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In-House
5 Women Attys Named Influential Legal Tech LeadersBy Sarah Martinson
Leaders from Crowell & Moring LLP, Gilbert & Tobin and Gowling WLG were among the five honored Monday by the International Legal Technology Association as part of its 2024 list of Influential Women in Legal Technology.
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California Pulse
Cozen O'Connor Adds 6 Troutman Construction Attys In LABy Madison Arnold
Cozen O'Connor announced Monday that it had ventured into the California construction law market with the addition of a team of six attorneys from Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP in Los Angeles.
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In-House
Legal Groups Seek Update On What It Takes To Be A LawyerBy Andrea Keckley
The Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System has announced a "major update" to its 2014 survey, this time teaming up with the Law School Admission Council to tap thousands of attorneys to get an updated view of what it takes to be a successful lawyer.
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California Pulse
Fish & Richardson Taps Patent Atty To Lead In Silicon ValleyBy Andrea Keckley
Intellectual property firm Fish & Richardson PC announced the new managing principal of its Silicon Valley office on Thursday, elevating a longtime patent attorney to lead the team of more than 30 intellectual property attorneys and technology specialists.
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In-House
Goldman Sachs CLO Saw Comp Drop By Nearly $4M In 2023By Christine DeRosa
After earning more than $17 million in 2022, Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s top attorney Kathryn Ruemmler saw her compensation decrease by $3.8 million last year, largely due to a difference in the stock awards she received from the financial giant, according to a recent securities filing.
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Georgia Pulse
Barnes & Thornburg Lands Morris Manning Bankruptcy TeamBy Madison Arnold
Barnes & Thornburg LLP picked up a former Morris Manning & Martin LLP bankruptcy group in Atlanta, the firm announced Monday.
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DC Pulse
Steptoe Hires Amazon Web Services Corporate CounselBy Rose Krebs
Steptoe LLP has added an attorney to its government affairs and public policy practice who worked at the firm twice before and most recently spent more than two years as an in-house attorney for Amazon Web Services.
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Modern Lawyer
Akin Adds Former Paul Hastings Group Leader In NYBy Christine DeRosa
The former head of Paul Hastings LLP's alternative lender and private credit group has jumped to Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in New York, Akin said Monday.
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